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Sri Lankan Duck
Photo: Atharva Tulsi

Sri Lankan Duck

17 ingredients 10 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

889
Calories
25g
Protein
70g
Fat
44g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 17 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Duck 100g cooked with skin 337
Coconut 1/2 cup shredded (40g) 283
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Fennel 1/2 bulb (87g) 27
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cardamom 1 tsp ground (2g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Fenugreek not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0
Cassia not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 675 gm duck breast skinned and boned
  • 2 tbl vegetable oil
  • 2 tsp garlic puree
  • 2 tsp ginger puree
  • 6 tbl onion purse
  • 100 gm creamed coconut chopped
  • 1 tbl vinegar any type
  • 1 tbl brown sugar
  • 1 salt to taste
  • spices (whole):
  • 2 tsp coriander
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp fennel
  • 1/2 tsp fenugreek seed
  • 1 1/2 tsp cassia bark
  • 1/2 tsp clove
  • 1/2 tsp green cardamom.

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5.

2

Remove and discard skin from the duck and dice.

3

Put the duck in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes. To roast the spices place them on a separate baking tray in the oven at the same time but for 5 minutes only.

4

Grind the spices remove and use liquid from duck for subsequent frying adding it to the vegetable oil.

5

Fry the garlic for 1 minute then the ginger 1minute and the onion 3 minutes. Add the spices (2 minutes) the coconut vinegar sugar salt the duck and a little water if needed (enough to keep it from sticking later).

6

Put all this into a casserole dish and back into the oven at 190C. Inspect after 20 minutes add stock or more water if dry.

7

Serve after a further 10 to 20 minutes.

8

Robustly aromatic in taste and dark brown in colour.

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Category:Sri Lankan Recipes

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Category:Sri Lankan Meat Dishes

Recipe sourced from fandom

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